Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2020

The licensee of a facility must keep a register of each burial, cremation, interment, disinterment and exhumation at the facility.

The register must include the following information for a burial:

the name of the deceased person whose human remains are buried and their—

date of birth (if known); and

date of death (if known);

the unique identifying number—

of the right to burial certificate; and

for the burial site, application, deceased person and their human remains and the burial given under section 17 (Burial at cemetery—application);

the date the human remains are buried;

either—

the unique identifying number of the facility site where the human remains of the deceased person are buried; or

if the burial was a natural burial, the GPS location where the human remains of the deceased person are buried in the cemetery.

The register must include the following information for a cremation:

the name of the deceased person whose human remains are cremated and their—

date of birth (if known); and

date of death (if known);

the unique identifying number for the cremation;

the date the human remains are cremated.

The register must include the following information for the interment of cremated remains:

the name of the deceased person whose cremated remains are interred at the facility and their—

date of birth (if known); and

date of death (if known);

the unique identifying number—

of the right to interment certificate; and

for the interment site, deceased person and cremated remains allocated under section 30 (Interment—application);

the date the cremated remains are interred.